The Portland daily press., 1887-04-08
THE INTERSTATE BILL.
Tariffs of the ogdensburg. Maine
and Grand Trunk.

The Portland and Ogdensburg, Boston and
Maine and Grand Trunk are making new
freight tariffs or alterations in the old ones,
in order to comply with the provisions of the
interstate commerce bill.
AT an adjourned meeting of the represen-
tatiyes OF New England roads held in Bos-
ton, March IL, 1t was voted that the subject
OF uniform classification for local and in
Interchangeable business be referred to a COM
mittee consisting of lone representative for
each road with power to act. This commit
zee was accordingly appointed and met in
Boston. March %, continuing its session for
three days, The Portland and Ogdensburg
was represented by General Freight Agent
Tolman. The committee made new CLASH
fication, dividing freight into six classes,
and Mr.. Tolman has nearly completed new
tariff in accordance with the classification
adopted by the committee. Heretofore
the freight traffic ON the Portland and Og-
densburg has been divided into classes called
special, first, second, third and fourth I'm
der the new tariff the transportation of lum-
Der VIII be raised about two dollars per car
load The local tariff is practically unchang-
ed. The new tariff, while making few
changes In price, Classics freight which has
peen carried at special rates and will make
the rates arbitrary ON all kinds of goods.
The Portland and Rochester tariff will not
materially be changed from the present
one
1t was reported that slight advance in
freight rates had been made by the Boston
and Maine, and that discrimination in favor
of Portland, on account of water COMPETE
ton, had come to an end. This would bene-
fit Saco and Biddeford. Mr.. McClutchy, of
the Boston and Maine, said yesterday that
| by the old tariff a joint arrangement was
made by the Boston roads and the Portland
Steam Packet Company, and has been in
| force for seven years. BY that arrangement
discrimination was made in favor of Port
land. amounting to from $50 to 100 per cent
This discrimination is now done away with
BY the old tariff the freight on pork from
Boston to Portland was 90 cents per barrel.
furniture was SO much per piece, sugar IS
cents barrel, and fancy groceries from 10
cents to 20 cents per 100 pounds. Under the
new tariff the rates on pork and sugar per
car load is 10 cents per 100 pounds, and on
less amounts than car loads 10 cents per 100
pounds. On fancy groceries they are 20
cents per hundred pounds, and on other
freight in like proportion. Dry goods and
boots and shoes will be carried for Is cents
per hundred, an increase of so per cent. On
live stock the rate for carrying one horse is
| S6, former rate So; two horses $40, former
rate Sc; other live stock in proportion. The
new tariff is not yet out, but will be in two
weeks. and it will probably show some re-
auctions in Portland freight. AS far as
Saco and Biddeford are concerned even now
sugar could be brought by boat to Portland
from Boston for IS cents, and shipped to
those cities from here by the Boston and
Maine at cents, or 81 cents in all, as against
freight from Boston, all rail, at SO cents.
The new freight tariff of the Grand Trunk
does not appear to materially change the
rates that have existed hitherto. THE rates
between points in the Atlantic division will
be about the same as before, no material
changes appearing ou the schedule govern
ing the tariff between Island Pond and this
city The through freight rates, so far as
they affect most shippers, appear to be sub
stantially unchanged. The allowances on
the six classes of freights are SO graded that
the net rates are not greatly in excess of
what they have been hitherto. The bulk of
these freights to this point are in classes
one, four, five and six. The rates on the six
classes to Chicago arc as follows: 70, 65, So
35, 3d. %, the d:ferentials on the same being
1918. $40. 8. The average will be about
the same as before. Freights from here TO
points in the State are practically unchanged
The rate from here to Lewiston is IN no ~
cents per hundred for first class freight, 70
for second, 10 for third and for fourth. On
flour, car loads will be at the rate of cents
per hundred points, and live stock the same.
These are the old rates.